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Is there anyway to use the html document on IE as an XML document?
RoLo said:Is there anyway to use the html document on IE as
an XML document?
Only a subset of HTML documents could pass XML's well-formed-ness rules
(they could not include any elements with EMPTY content declarations, so
no img, input, link or mata elements for a start, HTML's optional tags
could not be omitted (except where both opening and closing tags can be
omitted) and all attribute values would have to be quoted regardless of
whether quoting them would have been unnecessary in HTML). I don't see
what being "on IE" would have to do with anything, except that once a
document is being rendered by IE using its - inner/outerHTML -
properties as a source for the text that would be treated as XML would
be a non-starter as there attributes that do not need to be quoted are
almost never quoted.
Richard.
RoLo said:After the HTML is loaded... Is there anyway I could use the document
as an XML document. In firefox, opera and safari the html document
inherits their XML document methods.
In IE it doesn't, at least I haven't found any direct way to this,
so thats why Im asking.
Actually, I think you miss the point if you don't mind me saying. TheRoLo said:ok, I understand your point, I should have been more specific...
Actually, I think you miss the point if you don't mind me saying. The
point is that HTML is just not a valid XML format file. I think you
have misunderstood the difference between HTML (not valid XML) and
XHTML (which is more or less valid XML). Loaded or not does not make a
difference to its validity.
whats so hard to understand about my question?
"Is there anyway to use the html document on IE as an XML document?"
"After the HTML is loaded... Is there anyway I could use the document
as an XML document."
can't you read "Is there ANYWAY" in both replies?
RoLo wrote on 19 apr 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:
That doesn't mean a thing.
Did you perhaps mean "any way"?
RoLo said:whats so hard to understand about my question?
"Is there anyway to use the html document on IE as an XML document?"
"After the HTML is loaded... Is there anyway I could use the document
as an XML document."
can't you read "Is there ANYWAY" in both replies?
"Loaded or not does not make a difference to its validity."
I pointed out after load, because I can't use the DOM if the HTML
source is not loaded in the browser. After all, this is a Javascript
mailing list not an XML one!
I know that copying the html document elements to a new xml document
is possible
whats so hard to understand about my question?
"Is there anyway to use the html document on IE as an XML document?"
"After the HTML is loaded... Is there anyway I could use the document
as an XML document."
Yes I meant "any way", since my native language is not english
Im not sure if I used "anyway" correctly, but im sure
anyway means "any way".
Even so, I been not native
english speaker, could have deduce the correct "any way"
meaning. Im more of a programmer type of guy then a
orthography freak.. even more if im not a native to the language...
There is nothing hard in the question. What is so hard about theRoLo said:RoLo wrote:
[snip] The point is that HTML is... not a valid XML format file.
[snip]
whats so hard to understand about my question?
"Is there anyway to use the html document on IE as an XML document?"
RoLo said:Is there anyway to use the html document on IE as an XML document?
RoLo said:RoLo wrote:
[snip] The point is that HTML is... not a valid XML format file.
[snip]whats so hard to understand about my question?
"Is there anyway to use the html document on IE as an XML document?"
There is nothing hard in the question. What is so hard about the
answer "because it is *NOT* an XML file"?
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